Combined check and deposit-slip.



P. KUEHN. COMBINED CHECK AND DEPOSIT SLIP. APPLIcMloN FILED :lumi so. um.

l new and useful Improvements in a Com- PA'UL K'UEHN, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN..

UOMBINEJD CHECK 'AND DEPOSIT-SLIP.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. l2, 1Min..

.application ille-d .Tune 30, 1913. Serial No. 776,475.

To all whom.- z'z may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL KUEHN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain i bined Check and Deposit-Slip, of which the l following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin posited be -very small, owing' to the fact that it cannot be checked out and usually remains in the bank for a considerable length of time without the necessity for making a large number of entries against it of moneys Withdrawn.

The object of this invention is the production of a medium whereby a bank is recompensed for its trouble and expense in handling small commercial accounts and small depositors are thereby permitted to have the benefit of a commercial account upon which they may` draw by check and are at the same time required to place small amounts in savings accounts, thus encouraging the starting and mainta'inin olf savings accounts and the spirit of t rift and economy among the people.

To these ends the invention consists in providing a combined check and deposit slip printed in the form of a blank check with a stub or order form to be signed by the maker when he fills out the check, authorizing the bank upon which the check is drawn to take a specied amount from his commercial account and place it to the credit of his savings account.

The invention further consists in certain Y other new and useful features in the construction and arrangement, all as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in ,which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a book of slips embodying the invention; and Fig. 2 an elevation of one of the leaves or slips.

The book is provided with a cover 1 of any suitable material and construction within which the leaves or slips 2 are bound. This is a preferable construction but it will be understood that the leaves may be in the form of separate slips or blanks unbound, and if found desirable several of these slips may be printed upon one sheet and divided by a suitably perforated tearing line, as is the common practice in printing blank checks. v

Each sheet or page is divided intermediate its ends by a transverse tearing line 3 which separates the portion to be detached and given out as a check from the stub portion 4 which is printed with the usual blank spaces for recording the number of the check, the amount, the date, in favor of whom drawn, and for what purpose. Also columns for entering the amounts withdrawn and deposited and spaces for totals and amounts to be carried forward, all printed and arranged in an old and well known manner. The outer end portion of the sheet is printed with the usual form of blank check 5 giving the name of the bank upon which the check is drawn, the date and nurnber of the check, spaces for the name of the payee, the amount of the check and the signature of the drawer, all arranged in an old and well known manner.

Between the blank form of check 5 and the stub 4 is a space which is divided from the blank check 5 by a tearing line 6 and forms a detachable stub or coupon 7 upon which is printed the name of the bank upon which the. check is drawnl and the direction or order to the bank specifying as follows: Deposit to my credit in the savings department one dollar, charge the same to my commercial account. Signed This direction to the bank may be varied as desired, making the amount to be withdrawn from the depositors commercial account and placed to his credit in his savings account more or less as desired. When the drawer of the check fills out the blank 5 and vsigns it he will also sign the stub 7 which will be detached from the stub and left integral with the checku ln due course the check with the stub 7 attached will reach the bank upon which the check is drawn and this bank, proceeding in accordance with the direction of the drawer of the check will charge his commercial account with the amount specified upon the stub 7 and credit the same to him in his savings account. In this manner every time a depositor draws a check he will at the same time place a specified amount in his savings account, thus increasing thatl account which is left for a long period in the hands of the banker and will therefore be earning him interest which will recompense him for hisitrouble in handling the commercial account of the depositor. On the other hand the depositor under this arrangement will be obliged to deposit a stipulated vsum in his savings account every time he draws a check upon his commercial account, and thus small depositors will be induced to open savingsv accounts and to maintain them and the spirit of saving, thrift and economy will be encouraged.

Obviously changes may be made in the `printed matter upon the slip and the arrangement of parts may be varied without departing from the spirit of'my invention,

and I therefore do not limit myself to thel particular form shown.

. from said check and having thereon indicia directing the bank upon which the check is drawn todeposit to the credit of the drawer of the check in a savings department, a specified amount and to charge the` same to the commercial account of thek drawer of the check, together with indi! cated space contiguous to the check for thd signature of the drawer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL KUEHN.

Witnesses:

LEWIS E. FLANDERS,

G. E. McGrRANN. 

